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We don’t get a lot of Duncan in Good Riddance but the scenes that he was in were some of our favorites. We wondered how it went when Duncan initially fell for AJ. Of course, it was in the video store! Riddance Redux – Wednesday, October 23, 2013 “Help you find something? S’cuse me real quick.” […]

We knew AJ and Rachel were destined to be best friends the moment they watched the local sheriff try and wrangle a sheep in the mall parking lot. What we DIDN’T see was the first time they hung out sans sheep and sheriffs. We like to think it went down like this: Riddance Redux – […]

Ahh, the inside of Courtney Steven’s brain. Scary place, right? We thought if we could take a look at her journal it would sound a bit like this: Riddance Redux – Monday, May 3, 1999 Monday, May 3, 1999 Reprinted from the journal of Courtney Stevens OMG! BEST DAY EVER!! Ladies and gentlemen, I am […]

Ever wonder how New  Years Eve went from Kelley’s perspective? Ever wonder what was going on beyond those icy glares and showdown with Rachel? Wonder no more! Riddance Redux – December 31, 2013 Kelley Pratt was the opposite of thrilled when her fiance insisted that the two of them spend New Year’s Eve at Hughbanks, […]

Who could forget Chapter 31, when Rachel stumbled on an interesting rendezvous underway at Ted’s car dealership? So how did the Kelley and Ted “thing” become a “thing”? Well, we think it may have gone something like this… Riddance Redux – Monday, June 11, 2013 Kelley waited until she heard the car door slam before […]

Back in chapter 22, Rachel finishes first period at Ronald Miller High School one morning, only to discover that the halls are buzzing with the rumor that she is “with child”. Principal Hardy pulls Miss Atkinson into his office to discuss the matter, and it’s soon discovered that it was all the work of the Brain […]

No one was really sure where Chandler came from. We just know she showed up to high school freshman year and was suddenly really cute with great fashion sense… Riddance Redux – Tuesday, August 27, 1996 Chloe checked her hair in the shiny pink locker mirror her mom had bought her the week before school […]

So… let’s do this again. Seeing as today is Rachel Atkinson’s 35th birthday, we figured it’s as good a time as any to return to East Garland and the characters we know and love. We published Good Riddance back in October, and all 12 people who read it really did seem to genuinely love it. […]

Way back when, as we were starting the writing process, we often just wrote little scenes (or even snippets of scenes) just to see what, if anything, came from them. Here’s the one wherein we first floated the idea of Rachel working for the school paper. It’s also the moment when we decided that we […]

Did you know that originally Maggie was the one who died at the beginning? Originally, Rachel and Maggie were once best friends but grew apart their senior year and Maggie was somewhat friends with Chloe, who still bullied Rachel. Maggie, honestly, wasn’t all that likable when she was first created. (Sorry, Mags. We love you […]